November 29, 2017
A California federal judge blamed Uber's deputy general counsel for a two-month delay of Waymo's trade secrets trial over allegedly stolen self-driving car technology, saying in a hearing Wednesday that Uber's failure to produce an ex-employee's letter meant the lawyer may be "in trouble."
November 28, 2017
A California federal judge on Tuesday granted a request from Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo to postpone a hotly anticipated trade secrets trial against Uber Inc., following accusations that the ride-share giant hid evidence discovered by federal prosecutors.
November 22, 2017
Google's driverless car spinoff Waymo will face off in one week against Uber over its claims that the ride-hailing behemoth stole billion-dollar Waymo technology that could tilt the future of the nascent self-driving car industry when it acquired a former Waymo engineer's startup. Here, Law360 takes a look at the case in advance of the trial.
November 20, 2017
A jury shouldn't hear allegations Uber destroyed evidence in Waymo LLC's suit over allegedly stolen self-driving car trade secrets, Uber told a California federal judge Monday, saying Waymo's request was untimely and didn't meet the "stringent requirements" of proving Uber destroyed evidence knowing it would be sued.
November 16, 2017
Uber, which for years has faced a legal onslaught targeting multiple facets of its ride-hailing business, is battling allegations of aggressive operating tactics including fostering a culture that allowed sexual harassment and mismanagement to thrive and misclassifying drivers as independent contractors. Here, Law360 examines some of the more high-profile cases that Uber has been embroiled in.
November 14, 2017
A California federal judge said Tuesday that Uber and Waymo attorneys have "blown an opportunity" in their driverless car trade secret trial by failing to craft jury instructions on a vital issue in Silicon Valley: whether engineers need "a frontal lobotomy before going to their next job" or can apply what they've learned during prior employment.
November 09, 2017
The California federal judge overseeing the self-driving car trade secrets dispute between Waymo and Uber admonished Uber's lawyers in a short order on Wednesday, saying he was upset that when he asked for a response on a proposed jury instruction, Uber only replied that it agreed with the proposal.
November 03, 2017
A California federal judge has cut one of Waymo LLC's nine asserted trade secrets from its suit alleging Uber Technologies Inc. stole its self-driving car technology, also excluding a Waymo expert who pegged damages at $1.86 billion from testifying in an upcoming trial.
October 27, 2017
Waymo LLC can see drafts of a 2016 report prepared for Uber as the ride-hailing giant considered buying a self-driving truck company founded by an ex-Waymo employee, a California federal magistrate judge said Friday, ruling on fact-finding issues in Waymo's lawsuit over Uber's alleged theft of trade secrets.
October 26, 2017
U.S. District Judge William Alsup ruled Thursday that Waymo can't bring two new trade secrets claims over Uber's alleged use of its self-driving car code into a trial that begins in five weeks, saying its complaint focused on self-driving hardware and that software claims can be reserved for "trial number two."